Placid Chang'an

Su Cen only felt a roar in his mind, stepped forward a few steps, opened the cell door, and looked down at the scene in front of him.Liu Xiang, who was high-spirited and vigorous in the court hall, was lying in front of him now, his head was mottled with blood, covering half of his face, and the other side of his face was as pale as paper, with a strong sense of death.

Su Cen only felt that her throat was very tight, and it took her a long time to finally speak out: "What the hell... what's going on?"

"I still want to ask you, what's going on?" Zhang Jun stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "The jailers have all been drugged, and they woke up like this. Where did you go just now?"

Su Cen looked up at the direction of the cell door, "How did the cell door open?"

"The prison door was opened later by the jailer. It was locked before." Zhang Jun pursed his lips, "Ms. Liu...he committed suicide."

"Why did he commit suicide? How could he commit suicide?!" He had obviously seen Cui Hao, and he obviously wanted to live!

Su Cen suddenly looked at the cell next door, "What about this side? The cell door was also opened by the jailer?"

Zhang Jun shook his head, "This one is open, and it was opened by violence."

Su Cen slowly squatted down along the bar connecting the two cells, and when he got to the lower part, he could clearly see a few fresh damages—these were a few finger marks that had penetrated into the bar.Looking down, Su Cen froze for a moment, and picked out a bloodstained, cracked... nail from the gap in the withered grass.

Zhang Jun frowned and asked, "Who is locked in this cell? I haven't found any detention records about this cell from the cell boss."

Su Cen didn't look up, looked at the piece of nails and said silently: "Cui Hao."

"You, you..." Zhang Jun pointed at Su Cen several times, and finally lowered his hand and snorted, "Let me tell you what's good about you!"

Su Cen stood up abruptly, ignoring Zhang Jun, went forward to find a cell closest to Liu Zhen's cell, opened the cell door and dragged the prisoner inside, "Tell me, what's going on?"

The prisoner staggered a step when he was pulled, and said timidly, "Young one, I don't know about the little one... I, I, I didn't see anything..."

Su Cen frowned: "Say!"

The prisoner immediately replied: "Just one person came in, stood in front of the cell door and said something, then that person hit the wall with a thud, and then the person next to him was crying and shouting, smashing through the door and running away before you came. gone."

Su Cen yanked the prisoner's front clothing again, "Who is that person? What did they say?!"

The prisoner's neck was tightened by the cloth, and he stuck out his tongue again and again, and said with difficulty: "It's too...too far away, I can't see...and I can't hear..."

Seeing that the prisoner was about to be strangled to death, Zhang Jun frowned and shouted, "Su Cen!"

Only then did Su Cen let go, and the prisoner collapsed to the ground, coughing desperately.

"You don't need to worry about this matter," Zhang Jun stepped forward and said, "hand over the case to Cheng Zhen, and go home to reflect."

"This is my case," Su Cen said with a low voice, but his voice was firm. "I will take responsibility for the mistakes I made."

"I am Dali Temple Minister, and I have the final say on this Dali Temple!" Zhang Jun dragged the man out of the prison without any doubt, and slammed the prison door heavily, "Go home and stay here, this case will never end. Come back, go, go!"

Qu Ling'er stepped forward to give Su Cen a hand to stop, staring at Zhang Jun in a daze, she really didn't know what to do for a while.He didn't know why Mr. Zhang, who usually only cares about drinking tea and playing Tai Chi, had such great hand strength, and he didn't know why Mr. Zhang, who was most afraid of trouble, rushed to rub his body, like an old hen protecting a calf.

"You," Zhang Jun frowned and pointed at Qu Ling'er, "take him away quickly, lock him at home, or send him to Xingqing Palace, in short, don't stay here."

Qu Ling'er nodded, dragged Sheng Sheng out of the cell, and dragged him all the way out of Dali Temple, stood on the street and looked around blankly, then turned around and asked, "Brother Su, do you want to go home or go to the prince's place?"

Su Cen stared at the bustling crowd in a daze for a while, and suddenly became dazed.With the case completed like this, Liu Jue committed suicide and Cui Hao disappeared. Seeing that Zhang Jun wanted to clean up the mess for him, he couldn't do anything.

He didn't have the face to go home, and he didn't have the face to see Li Shi.

Qu Ling'er pursed her lips, and gave Su Cen a hand, "Brother Su, let me take you somewhere."

Su Cen did not expect that Qu Ling'er would bring him to the teahouse.

The two of them chose a private seat upstairs and ordered a pot of Longjing. When the tea came, Qu Linger poured a cup and brought it to Su Cen, "Brother Su, drink some tea."

Su Cen quietly watched the smoke in the teacup, but didn't take a sip for a while.

Qu Ling'er sighed, he knew that Su Cen was used to good tea, so he specially ordered the most expensive tea here, seeing the tea was cold, Su Cen didn't move his mouth, his heart throbbed with pain.

Qu Ling'er forced a smile on her face: "Brother Su, do you still remember this place?"

Su Cen looked at the bustling people downstairs and nodded slightly, "The place where we first met."

It was also the place where he and Li Shi met for the first time.

"Whether you were threatened by me or for other reasons, I am grateful to you for helping me." Qu Ling'er held the teacup in both hands, lowered her head and said, "Now that you are in trouble, I want to help you too." help you."

"Even I don't know if it's useful to you." Qu Ling'er pursed her lips, "If it's useless, then I can't help it. If it doesn't work, let's go beg the prince, he loves you so much, he will definitely keep you of."

"Qu Ling'er," Su Cen interrupted suddenly. After getting acquainted with each other, he seldom called Qu Ling'er by her first name. The person's face was gloomy, as if water was about to drip.

"You don't have to do this." Su Cen said in a deep voice.

Qu Ling'er shook her head lightly, "It's up to me whether to talk about this matter. I didn't say it at the beginning because I wanted to keep it as the last bargaining chip. In case I was arrested, I didn't reveal the secret. They said Maybe I can save my life. But now that I have you and brother Qi, I am not afraid, when they want to catch me, you will save me, right? "

Su Cen said coldly, "I can't even protect myself now."

Qu Ling'er couldn't help but smiled wryly, "You can't coax me."

Su Cen patted Qu Linger's churning fingers, took a gulp of the cold teacup, stood up and said to humanity: "Linger, no need."

Just two steps away, Qu Ling'er said from behind: "The finger wrench that the lord always carries, Lu Xun also has one in his hand."

The two of them stayed in the teahouse until it was almost dark before coming out. Qu Ling'er lowered her head and stopped talking, while Su Cen felt that her footsteps were shallow, as if she had experienced a big absurd dream. Once she woke up, she felt that everything was wrong. unreal.

All is clear.

About the secret door, about Lu Xun, about Tian Pingzhi, about the first emperor, about... Li Shi.

Qu Ling'er followed behind and asked, "Brother Su, what are you going to do now?"

The curfew was approaching, and people on the street were in a hurry. Su Cen suddenly stopped in the middle of the road, causing passers-by to stare frequently.

"Dali Temple hasn't moved yet today. Mr. Zhang probably wants to write a letter to apologize tomorrow morning. I can't implicate Mr. Zhang because of the mistakes I made."

Qu Ling'er turned pale, "Then what will happen to you?"

Su Cen didn't seem to hear, and continued: "The person who instigated Liu Yu to commit suicide is most likely Lu Xun. According to the prisoner, Cui Hao should have broken open the cell door and escaped by himself. Where can he go? He What do you want to do again?"

"Brother Su..." Qu Ling'er was so anxious that she was about to cry, Su Cen was still thinking about those cases, shouldn't he hurry to Xingqing Palace and beg the prince to take care of the matter for him?

Su Cen looked up at the door that was about to close, and suddenly turned around and gave Qu Ling'er a hand, "Follow me."

Su Cen didn't go home, nor did he go to Xingqing Palace, but pulled Qu Ling'er back to the gate of Taifu's mansion.

And Ning Santong was still standing in front of the door, as if waiting for him specially.

Su Cen took a step forward, and said without hesitation, "Everyone is gone?"

Ning Santong nodded slightly.

There are so many secret door personnel hidden in the capital, it is impossible for them all to withdraw from the city in such a short period of time. There must be a place for them to stay in the capital, but Su Cen never thought that this place is actually the Taifu government.

"When I was in Lujiazhuang, I heard from Lu Xun that they still have a hidden chess piece. Is it you?"

Ning Santong smiled helplessly, "It's me, and it's not me. It should be said that it's the entire Taifu's mansion. That kindness to the old man back then, we must repay this kindness."

"That's why you approached me in the case of offering sacrifices to heaven, and then you led me to investigate Tian Pingzhi's case, trying to drive Feng Yiming away, and your master as a master, is it also to win my trust?" Su Cen He raised his hand and pressed the center of his eyebrows, "I don't know now which sentence you said to me is true, which sentence is false, or...all are false."

Ning Santong smiled lightly: "It's true when I say I admire you."

Su Cen replied coldly: "I'm afraid I can't afford your appreciation."

"After this time, the relationship between us and Lu Xun is over. In the future, whether he is rich or poor, it has nothing to do with my Taifufu." Ning Santong sighed, "This time, our Taifufu owes you once. Here I will write it down for you, you can come to me to ask for it at any time."

"I'm going back now," Qu Ling'er was furious, she stepped forward and grabbed Ning Santong by the collar, "Brother Su, tell me, what should I do?"

Su Cen said softly, "Ling'er, let go."

Qu Ling'er looked back at Su Cen in shock, seeing that the person's eyes were firm and not joking, so she reluctantly let go.

"Remember what you said." Su Cen glanced at Ning Santong again, then turned around, "Ling'er, let's go."

Qu Linger glared at Ning Santong again, and then followed.

After walking a few steps, Ning Santong shouted from behind: "I even sent a gift to brother Su's house to show my sincerity."

Su Cen didn't look back, and his back gradually disappeared into the night.

The two returned home before the curfew. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Su Cen noticed something strange. Normally, Ah Fu was busy preparing dinner at this time, but today the courtyard was quiet, and there was no movement at all. No.

Qu Ling'er stepped forward a few steps, protecting Su Cen behind her, and at the same time took out a few butterfly darts from her waist for defense.

Before the two could move, someone had already come out of the room.

The one in front is Ah Fu, but there is still a dagger around his neck, looking at Su Cen wanting to cry, "Second Young Master, save me..."

Su Cen narrowed his eyes slightly, shifted his gaze to the person behind Ah Fu, and said slowly: "Cui Hao."